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Ardales | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Municipal location in the Province of Málaga | |
  Ardales Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 36°52′40″N 4°50′41″W / 36.87778°N 4.84472°W | |
| Sovereign state |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Andalusia |
| Province |  Málaga |
| Comarca | Comarca de Antequera, Guadalteba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juan Calderón Ramos |
| Area | |
• Total | 106 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 445 m (1,460 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 2,493 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ardaleños |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 29550 |
| Website | Official website |
Ardales is a town and municipality in the Province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is approximately 62.5 kilometres from Málaga.
On the hill above the town is the historic church and higher still are the ruins of the Ardales Castle. At the peak of the hill is the hermitage Ermita del Calvario. The infamous Caminito del Rey is nearby.
A paper published in 2021 disclosed that the Cave of Ardales (cueva de doña Trinidad Grund) contains pigments deposited by Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals some 64,800 years ago.[2][3]
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Pitarch Martí, Africa; et al. (August 2021). "The symbolic role of the underground world among Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (33): e2021495118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2021495118. PMC 8379954. PMID 34341069.
- ^ "Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals, study confirms". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.